Directing Mastery Academy Cookies Policy
This Cookies Policy explains how Directing Mastery Academy ("we," "us," or "our") uses cookies and similar
tracking technologies on our website, DirectingMasteryAcademy.com (the "Website"). It explains what
these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website.
They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information
to the owners of the website.
Cookies can be "persistent" or "session" cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your computer after you
close your browser, while session cookies expire when you close your browser.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for several purposes, including:
- Essential Cookies: These cookies are essential for the operation of our Website.
They allow you to navigate our Website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas. Without
these cookies, services you have asked for, like shopping baskets or e-billing, cannot be provided.
- Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use our
Website, for instance, which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from
web pages. These cookies don’t collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these
cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how our Website
works.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our Website to remember choices you make
(such as your language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. These
cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web
pages that you can customize. The information these cookies collect may be anonymized and they cannot
track your browsing activity on other websites.
- Targeting or Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver advertisements
more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an
advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. They are usually
placed by advertising networks with the website operator’s permission. They remember that you have
visited a website and this information is shared with other organizations such as advertisers. Quite
often targeting or advertising cookies will be linked to site functionality provided by the other
organization. We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads on our behalf. These
companies may employ cookies and action tags (also known as single pixel gifs or web beacons) to
measure advertising effectiveness.
- Analytics Cookies: We use Google Analytics to collect information about how you use
our Website. This helps us improve the Website's performance and user experience. Google Analytics
uses cookies to collect information such as your IP address, browser type, operating system,
referring URLs, pages visited, and the date and time of your visits. This information is used to
compile reports on Website activity and provide other services relating to Website activity and
internet usage.
Types of Cookies We Use
The following table lists the cookies we use on our Website and their purpose:
Cookies Used on Directing Mastery Academy Website
| Cookie Name |
Purpose |
Type |
Duration |
| _ga |
Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users. |
Analytics |
2 years |
| _gid |
Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users. |
Analytics |
24 hours |
| _gat |
Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate. |
Analytics |
1 minute |
| PHPSESSID |
Maintains user session. |
Essential |
Session |
| cookieconsent_status |
Remembers if the user has accepted the cookie policy. |
Functionality |
1 year |
Managing Cookies
You have several options for managing cookies. You can:
- Disable Cookies: You can disable cookies in your browser settings. However, please
note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of our Website and you may not be able to
access certain features. The method to disable cookies varies by browser. Refer to your browser's
help section for instructions.
- Delete Cookies: You can delete cookies that have already been placed on your computer
or mobile device. The method to delete cookies varies by browser. Refer to your browser's help
section for instructions.
- Use Browser Plugins: Some browser plugins can help you manage cookies and other
tracking technologies.
- Opt-out of Google Analytics: You can opt-out of Google Analytics by installing the
Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. This add-on prevents Google Analytics from collecting
information about your visits to our Website. You can download the add-on from Google's website.
Third-Party Cookies
Our Website may contain links to other websites. These websites may use cookies that are not controlled
by us. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these websites. We encourage you to review
the privacy policies of these websites before using them.
Changes to this Cookies Policy
We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time. We will post any changes on our Website. We encourage
you to review this Cookies Policy periodically to stay informed about our use of cookies.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Cookies Policy, please contact us at:
Directing Mastery Academy
Attn: Privacy Officer
5400 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (323) 460-4444
This Cookies Policy was last updated on October 26, 2023.
Policy Author: Eleanor Vance, Data Privacy Manager, Directing Mastery Academy